Posted on 10/29/2013 10:49:55 AM PDT by rickmichaels
Most people associate rickets with Victorian urchins. Over the past half a century, the disease was virtually wiped out. But, because of a series of social and cultural shifts, it is making a comeback, with a five-fold rise in cases in the past 15 years in the U.K.
Last week, the chief medical officer for England, Dame Sally Davies, said every child should be given vitamins in order to tackle rickets. The idea was welcomed by the medical establishment, which perhaps thought that it had seen the last of the characteristic “bowing” legs associated with the condition, as the bones buckle under the weight of the upper body.
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You’re exactly right! Do you know how many strange looks I get when I say that I make homemade chicken nuggets with breading from bread that I bake? The usual midmorning snack here is cashews, not chips or cookies. My kids love plain sweet potatoes. If people cooked this wouldn’t be an issue.
“I rarely see kids outside anymore. We were always outside as kids.”
Bingo!
Same here...
I get visits from law enforcement when my kids are outside. “A concerned neighbor called,” the nice deputy will say, and then he will admit that he played outside as a kid, too.
We used to be pushed out of the front door for “Making the place untidy”...Raus! LOL.
Cod Liver Oil is FTW if you need Vitamins A and D.
There used to be kids all over when I was a kid. We moved back here when we had kids and ours were the only ones for miles. It’s not that kids hid behind tv screens but that there simply weren’t any kids.
Don’t forget the low salt diets.
If you value your heart health you’ll avoid them.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2891182/posts?page=1
Then there’s saturated fats. The body needs saturated fats. Another one....cane sugar. Granulated cane sugar in moderation is fine.
My mother cleaned a lot, too.
One man’s opinion makes for an excellent anecdote. In particular, he describes basal and squamous cell skin cancers as “relatively harmless.” All things being relative, squamous cell carcinoma from excessive sun exposure can, in fact, kill.
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